Hanuman Jayanti Puja Vidhi · हनुमान जयंती पूजा विधि

How Hanuman Jayanti is kept: worship of Ram and Sita with Hanuman, the offering of sindoor with jasmine oil (chola), red flowers and a bhog of laddus, and the Hanuman Chalisa and Sundar Kand, as the published guides describe it.

How the puja is done

When

In North India Hanuman Jayanti (also called Hanuman Janmotsav) falls on Chaitra Purnima, the full moon of Chaitra. Other regions keep Hanuman's birthday on other dates, and some keep it on Kartik Krishna Chaturdashi. See the Hanuman Jayanti page for the date.

The fast

Many keep a fast on this day.

Preparing

Rise early, bathe and wear clean clothes, red or saffron if you can.
Spread a red or orange cloth at the place of worship and set up an image of Hanuman, with a picture of Ram and Sita.

The puja

Worship Ram and Sita along with Hanuman; Hanuman is Ram's devotee.
Offer Hanuman sindoor mixed with jasmine (chameli) oil. Covering the image with this sindoor is called offering the chola.
Offer red flowers, red chandan, akshat, a paan, incense and a lamp.
Offer bhog of laddus or boondi; gur and chana are also offered.
Close with the aarti Aarti Kije Hanuman Lala Ki.

Reading and chanting

Recite the Hanuman Chalisa and the Sundar Kand, and chant Ram's name. Many also recite the Sankat Mochan Hanuman Ashtak.

Customs differ by region and community: follow your family's way where it differs.

These steps are written in our own words; each appears in at least two of the published sources linked below, and steps found in only one source are left out. Puja customs differ by family, region and tradition; your family priest or family custom comes first.

About this text

Hanuman Jayanti celebrates the birth of Hanuman, son of Anjana and Kesari and the great devotee of Shri Ram. In North India it is kept on Chaitra Purnima, with special worship in Hanuman temples, the offering of sindoor and the recitation of the Hanuman Chalisa and Sundar Kand. This page gives the observance as the published guides listed below describe it. Customs differ by region and community: follow your family's way where it differs.